February 2009
Abita Jockamo IPA, straight out of Louisiana. Dark, red and malty with a bit of citrus. I say yes.
Anna keeps suggesting I go out and leave her to do some writing tonight. Anything happening?
I think the greatest tragedy of evolution is that human beings are able to feel regret.
Why is it a sign of unpopularity that the iPhone being given away free w/contract in Japan? All Euro phones would be unpopular in that case.
Bonnie Prince Billy on Guardian’s Music Weekly! Swoon! http://bit.ly/NykB9
And, crucially, if he is bankrolling the site, doesn’t that undermine the argument that they make loads of money?
Although what is less clear (because of obfuscation + silence) is how involved Lundstrom is with the Pirate Bay.
Despite assertions to the contrary, Pirate Bay defendant Carl Lundstrom’s far right links have been mentioned in the press (by me, at least)
It has just been brought to my attention a piece I wrote about algorithms was cut so the final line read “Mathematicians rule!”. Hmm.
[Reuters] Nokia considering entering laptop... →
[SMH] Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end →
Faith No More are reforming. I think it’s the first time I’ve got excited that a band I like is getting back together in middle age.
[Bloomberg] Jobs remains deeply involved in Apple... →
[TechFlash] Microsoft sues TomTom over Linux... →
[Register] Google blames Gmail outage on data... →
[GamesIndustry.biz] PS3 price cut news 'in the... →
Staring at the computer, trying to work out why my video camera is behaving so strangely.
gah, computers eh? who’d want em?
Think I missed the bus to TechFest reception - but at least it gives me some time to catch up on work I missed during the ride to Seattle.
[TCUK] Spotify is working on a killer iPhone app →
[CNET] Why Web radio faces another crisis →
[MacWorld] IPhone-controlled car to demo at Geneva... →
Flight to Seattle was delayed by nearly an hour. Oof. But I’m planning for a little bit of serendopplty with @adactio and @wordridden - yay!
Here’s one for you - a piece I wrote about the importance of maths to the internet: http://bit.ly/DEYob
Epic stew.
[NickDenton] Defamer folded into Gawker as Denton... →
[TechCrunch] Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers... →
[Reuters] Apple's Woz waltzes back into the... →
[PaulGraham] Startups in 13 Sentences →
[AP] Court strikes down California video game law →
yellow cab tossers. never again!!!
AP gaffe? Read “her blog was defaced by a strip of bacon” in http://bit.ly/S9DFP - did somebody just misdirect the reporter to bacolicio.us?
Doing battle with the words in my head. Finally, exhausted and drained, I think I am winning.
INTERSPECIES WARFARE: Double hard Scottish lambs have been spotted headbutting golden eagles in the Hebrides. http://icanhaz.com/sheepbutt
Getting down to some serious write after coffee with @kiwanja
Told you I was an optimist. http://bit.ly/boXey All these lovely people saying hello to @guardiantech and proving they’re not spammers!
Apparently while blog is “an ugly word but now unavoidable”, it’s possible to use say “blogscape” with a straight face http://bit.ly/11I2uL
On KRAP News at 11! Local woman sees 2 cougars; Obama’s stimulus package - what’s in it for us? Plus! Why a pet monkey turned on its owner.
I shit you not.
Planning my own Twitter rival. You can only post a single character message to one person. I’m thinking of calling it “Lonr”.
[EA] Peter Moore says EA is moving into branded... →
Happy birthdays to @miketd and @joshr - have a celebratory tipple for me.
A team of mavericks →
“I’m an admin for a group called Terrible, Out-of-Focus Camphone Shots of Total Strangers, and we’d love to have this added to the group!”
New Tech Weekly podcast feat yours truly and friends. This week: Mobile World Congress and mobile pollution monitors http://bit.ly/11uVHn
[TreeHugger] 15 Awesome Wooden Computers →
Looks like my old “yeah, I’ve had too much cough medicine” excuse just isn’t going wash any more. http://bit.ly/G3tWB I blame the French.
[Wired] Is this the end of phone number privacy? →
[WaPo] Meeting moot →
[Facebook] Zuckerberg: people own and control... →